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• Sugar-Based Compound Turns Waste Into Affordable Biodiesel

  

  (Credit: United Soybean Board http://www.flickr.com/photos/unitedsoybean/) Abdou Lachgar, a professor of chemistry, Marcus Wright, a chemistry lab manager at... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study: Natural Gas Will Be the New Coal

  

  Natural gas flares from a flare-head at the Orvis State well on the Evanson family farm in McKenzie County, North Dakota. (Credit: Flickr @ Tim Evanson... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study: Netherlands May Become ‘Electrically Unstable’

  

  A wind farm in the Netherlands (Credit: Flickr @ Floris Oosterveld http://www.flickr.com/photos/floris-oosterveld/) The four percent growth in renewable energy... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Transition From Coal to Natural Gas Can Halt Greenhouse Emissions

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Nuraishah Bazilah Affandi http://www.flickr.com/photos/gulaley/) In a recent report called “Energy Perspectives” published by Statoil,... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Asia: Interest in Energy Efficiency Hindered by Insufficient Investment

  

  A view of a construction site in China (Credit: Flickr @ mararie http://www.flickr.com/photos/mararie/) Building owners in Asia markets are motivated by... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Photonics to Develop Components for Depleted Uranium Reactor

  

  Cascade of gas centrifuges used to produce enriched uranium. This photograph is of a the U.S. gas centrifuge plant in Piketon, Ohio from 1984. U.S. Photonics,... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Biodiesel Production Will Surpass 1.28 Billion Gallons Target

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Steve Jurvetson http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/) The U.S. biodiesel industry will produce more than the 1. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U-Michigan to Open $8 Million Battery Research Lab

  

  A constructed battery cell in the Phoenix Memorial Laboratory. (Credit: Joseph Xu) A unique $8 million battery research lab at the University of Michigan will... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Solar-Powered Car Sharing System Opens in Lyon

  

  An architectural model of the Lyon Confluence district (Credit: Flickr @ Jean-Pierre Dalbéra http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/) Toshiba Corporation announce... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Number of New Energy Patents Increased Dramatically

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Alexandre Dulaunoy http://www.flickr.com/photos/adulau/) A recent study by MIT and Santa Fe Institute (SFI) researchers found a “dramatic... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study: Home Energy Efficiency Providers Should ‘Sneak In’ Their Solutions

  

  Energy efficiency service providers are missing on a large group of potential customers—at least this is the case in the UK, according to a new poll published... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Report Names Top 25 U.S. Companies by Installed Solar Capacity

  

  The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Vote Solar Initiative (Vote Solar) released the annual Solar Means Business report, identifying major... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Solar Cells Are Better With ‘Ferrari Red’ Car Paint

  

  Phthalocyanine Blue BN is a standard pigment used in printing ink and the packaging industry and also a leading material used in organic solar cell research.... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Vehicles in the U.S. Continue to Become More Fuel-Efficient

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ TatClarkson http://www.flickr.com/photos/generativecontent/) Since the Arab oil embargo of 1973-74, U.S. government agencies and research... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study Challenges the Claim That Ethanol Makes Gas Cheaper

  

  A gas station somewhere in Wyoming, USA. (Credit: Flickr @ Yuya Sekiguchi http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuyasekiguchi/) Does ethanol make gas cheaper? Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study: Hybrid Cars Raise Self-Esteem in Older Drivers

  

  (Credit: Baylor University) Paying an extra $5,000 to buy a hybrid car may raise self-esteem and otherwise pay off in image for older drivers, as well as give... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ADB, Norway Help Myanmar Overhaul Its Electricity Regulations

  

  Electricity infrastructure in Yangon, Myanmar. (Credit: Flickr @ Rebekah http://www.flickr.com/photos/chubekkah/) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Governmen... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Virginia Tech to Develop Robust Material for Nuclear Waste Packaging

  

  Nuclear Waste Container coming out of Nevada Test Site on public roads. (Credit: Bill Ebbesen, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Atomicbre) Virginia Tech’s... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Ormat Will Build 60MW Geothermal Plant in Indonesia

  

  The Wairakei geothermal power plant, Region of Waikato, New Zealand.Ormat Technologies Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement for the development of... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Eni: ‘Oil and Gas Reserves Continue to Rise’

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Luca Mascaro http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucamascaro/) Shortly after the International Energy Agency released its Key World Energy... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY